The Redelius Claims is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Redelius Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redelius Claims
Secondary: Big Ledge No 2
Secondary: Dotty
Secondary: Silver Link
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Peavine District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): A QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEIN, TRENDING N 20 DEG N AND DIPPING 30 DEG - 40 DEG SW IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS. THE VEIN CONTAINS SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS, NO SULFIDES WERE OBSERVED. THE WALL ROCK OF THE VEIN IS HIGHLY FRACTURED AND ALTERED GRANODIORITE. A FEW TONS OF COPPER ORE CONTAINING GOLD AND SILVER WERE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED FROM THESE CLAIMS IN 1956. (BONHAM, P 80)
References
Reference (Deposit): ITEM 4, FILE 318 (PEAVINE DIST), UNSIGNED RPT, NBMG FILES, RENO
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
